ALL: I said either of us can do it in 1.5 to 2 hrs. I don't like it, but I sit on the floor facing the piano, break up the old plastic with needle nose pliers, screw on the new ones (I use Vagias -- better material & easy installation), and pop on the other end. Minor adjustment is sometimes needed, but usually not very much. Of course, there is usually by now a plethora of problems -- loose screws, need for a regulation, hammer shaping, etc etc etc. This brings up the subject of how far to go. Ethically for me it involves other underlying problems in the piano, the use to which it's put (I think of one customer who got the job done so her sister could play it when she came to town for Christmas!), the general condition of the piano, the poverty of the customer and my ability at the time to do pro bono work. People who speak up to take the action out have a valid case, I recognize. There's always that issue of business ethics -- the limit you can recommend people spending, vs my desire to go first class. Maybe they've got cracks in the bridge, bats in the belfry.... Then, too, how many *serious* musicians buy & keep an old spinet? You know, it's the most popular instrument around here! They're like flies. But then I remind myself they're also my paycheck and some customer's pride & joy. Incidentally, my wife does more elbow jobs than I, although we're not spring chickens. > Besides --------------------------(with all due respect)------------- >If your doing elbow jobs in the home,,,,,,,you either have very healthy backs >for which I am envious or you've not done very many elbow jobs for which I >am equally envious. > >Tom Ayers realpianos@aol.com Wally Wilson
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